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A few years ago, Pierre Guiraud, from Lodève, known better as "Pierrot le Zygo," used a huge cheque to pay his taxes. He took the cow-shaped cheque to the tax office where the employees were compelled to take it. Pierrot considered he had to pay too much, especially compared to the little money he had earned. Funny way to say to the government that people were tired of working night and day and not harvesting any benefits. In other words, he had enough of being considered as a "vache à lait."

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Z stands for Pierrot le Zygo on my blog today. Pierrot le Zygo is a blogger from Lodève, an old city about 30 minutes from Montpellier. In addition to being a very funny man, Pierrot is very imaginative. He has broken lots of quite "unexpected" records (you will find his name several times in the Guinness World Records).

A few years ago, the check he sent to the taxpayer was a big wooden cow he had made (he is a cabinet maker). The check was more than 3 meters long (http://pierrot-le-zygo.midiblogs.com/album/vachement_bon/). In France when people think they pay too much tax, they say that the state considers they are "des vaches à lait" (milk cows).

Pierrot ran for mayor of Lodève last year. On this occasion, he made a robot he called "la machine à serrer les mains" (a robot that shook hands with his voters). You can see it on his blogs.

He has appeared in many TV programs. Above are two photos excerpted from a famous TV program entitled "Vie privée, vie publique," in which he participated last year.

I wanted to pay this little tribute to Pierrot because he has a big heart and he is a faithful friend.

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Pierrot le Zygo

I have wanted to introduce Pierre Guiraud, a.k.a. Pierrot le Zygo to you for a long time. Pierrot is a blogger from Lodève, Hérault. He is also a "politician." At least he has set up a list of candidates to the local election that is going to be held soon. It is not the first time that he has been doing so. Pierrot has a vivid imagination and a thousand ideas per minute. He has invented a robot that shakes hands with possible voters for him when he is too busy to do so by himself. Sculptor Nicolas Jouas made it for him. You can see the robot in the first photo, which is actually a screen capture. Pierrot frequently appears on TV and in newspapers. He has recently been shown in the news on France 2 channel.

The photos were taken on the Triangle, in Montpellier. Pierrot came in December and handed out postcards to be sent to president Sarkozy (telling him that everybody wanted to get a 120 % increase in their wages, just like him).

Pierrot's political list is named "Aux urnes, Citoyens" (roughly, "Citizens, go to the polls"). His party is the "parti coluchiste," after the name of the famous French stand up comedian Coluche who is dead now but who once ran for president.

He may look a bit eccentric but his action makes us question "regular" politicians (who have often so much disappointed their voters).

If I lived in Lodève, I would certainly vote for him!

(Like Pierrot, Coluche was not just a "comique": it is him who created the Restos du Coeur (to help homeless people).